·The Gaofen-11 satellite was launched
on a Long March 4B rocket at 11 am Beijing Time from the Taiyuan Satellite
Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province.

·It was the 282nd flight mission by a Long
March carrier rocket.

·The satellite, believed to be an
optical imaging craft, is the latest in the Gaofen line of Chinese Earth
observation missions.

Uses
of Gaofen-11:

The
satellite can be used for:

üLand survey

üUrban planning

üRoad network design

üAgriculture

üDisaster relief.

üBelt and Road Initiative.

·Since the Gaofen project began in
2010, China has gained an increasingly clearer view of the planet.

·China had unveiled the BRI in 2013
with an aim to link Southeast Asia, Central Asia, the Gulf region, Africa and
Europe with a network of land and sea routes. China launched the Gaofen project
in 2010.

About
Gaofen

·China’s Gaofen satellites are part of
the China High-Resolution Earth Observation System, or CHEOS.

·Chinese officials say the CHEOS
satellite fleet is a civilian-operated program comprising optical and radar
imaging spacecraft and authorities have published high-resolution imagery taken
by previous Gaofen satellites.

·The launch of Gaofen 11 was China’s
22nd space launch of the year, equaling a record number of launches set by
China in 2016.

·In that year, Chinese rockets launched with
satellites 22 times, but they suffered one failure and one partial failure.

China
launched Gaofen-11, an optical remote sensing satellite.in light to this launch
critically analyse the role of remote sensing satellites in maintaining
strategic relations with its neighboring countries